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Tag "World War I"

tag name: World War I type: General
web link: World_War_I

"World War I" appears in:

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  1. `Abdu'l-Baha in Abu-Sinan: September 1914, by Ahang Rabbani. (2005) The story of Abdu'l-Bahá's relocating the Haifa/Akka Bahá'í community of some 140 people to a nearby Druze village to keep them safe during World War I.
  2. ['Abdu'l-Bahá] Declares Zionists Must Work with Other Races: From the Globe and Commercial Advertiser (New York, July 17, 1919), by Marion Weinstein. (1919-09-08) An interview with 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the League of Nations, Bahá'í ideas for peace, and the Holy Land. [Note: at this time in history, years before the Second World War, the terms "Zionist" and "Palestine" had somewhat different meanings.]
  3. Alleged Pro-German activities: Edward C. Getsinger, Case #317323, by Federal Bureau of Investigation. (1918) Forty pages of FBI files investigating Edward C. Getsinger and possible Bahá'í opposition to the war, or alleged pro-German sentiment. Includes Edward and Lua Getsinger's passport applications.
  4. Bahá'í Faith in Turkey, The, by John Walbridge. (2002) Includes bios of individuals from Turkey who figure prominently in Bahá'í history.
  5. Bahá'í Students and American University of Beirut in the Early 20th Century, by Reed M. Breneman. (2008-02) The influential activities of the campus Bahá'í association in Beirut, 1900-1920 and during the first World War.
  6. Divide and Rule: The Creation of the Alawi State after World War I, by Necati Alkan. (2013-11) Summary of 20th-century history of the Nusayri/Alawi Shi'i movement in Syria and Turkey. (No mention of Bahá'ís.)
  7. In re. Bahá'í Temple Unity (Alleged German Religious Propaganda): Alfred S. Lunt, Case #304495, by Federal Bureau of Investigation. (1918) Seven pages of FBI files investigating Alfred S. Lunt and Mirian Sevasly and possible Bahá'í opposition to the war.
  8. President Wilson and the Bahá'í Connection, by Paul Pearsall. (1988-10) Short overview of myths and facts on the Wilson-Bahá'í connection. Includes addenda on the League of Nations, by Vincent Littrell, and on the Fourteen Points, by Bahram Nadini.
  9. Remembering 'Abdu'l-Baha's Call for Unity, a Century after World War I, by Bahá'í World News Service. (2018-11-26) Collection of newspaper articles and photographs of Abdu'l-Bahá, on the general theme of unity in the face of war.
  10. The Cause of Universal Peace: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Enduring Impact, by Kathryn Jewett Hogenson. (2021-02-23) On Abdu'l-Bahá's interest in the Lake Mohonk Conferences on International Arbitration in New York, 1912, and the Quaker founders Albert and Alfred Smiley; Leroy Ioas and the World Unity Conferences; World Unity magazine (later World Order).

2.   from the Chronology (11 results; expand)

  1. 1914-06-28 — The heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated in Sarajevo....
  2. 1914-07-28 — The Great War (1914–18) broke out in Europe. (28 July, 1914 to 11 November, 1918)Austria declared ...
  3. 1914-08-04 — England declared war on Germany....
  4. 1914-11-01 — Turkey entered the war on the side of the Central Powers. Palestine was blockaded and Haifa was b...
  5. 1917-04-06 — The United States entered World War I. See CF36 for Shoghi Effendi's opinion of its participati...
  6. 1917-11-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha sent a message to the Baha'is of the world assuring them of His safety. [AB412] Th...
  7. 1918-01-08 — President Woodrow Wilson in a speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress outli...
  8. 1918-09-23 — "During the early years of World War I, though no longer imprisoned, 'Abdu'l-Baha faced repeated thr
  9. 1918-11-11 — The end of the First World War or the Great War. It was a global conflict originating in Europe ...
  10. 1919-06-28 — The Treaty of Versailles was concluded. The United States never signed the Treaty of Versailles, ne...
  11. 1920-04-27 — `Abdu'l-Baha was invested with the insignia of the Knighthood of the British Empire as Sir Abbas Eff...
 
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